Mindfulness Training for Small Teams

NCT04210076 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 20191047W81XWH1920064
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 356
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to look at how mindfulness training may influence how the participant thinks, feels, and acts.

Conditions

Cognitive Change

Keywords

attentional performance; psychological well-being; operational performance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in Attentional Performance

  Attentional Performance as measured by the Sustained Attention Response Task (SART).This task uses a continuous performance paradigm involving button presses to frequently presented non-targets (numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) but requires the participants to withhold their motor response to the infrequent target (number 3). Withholding responses only to infrequent targets encourages a pre-potent response and mind wandering. Real-time subjective experience of mind wandering during SART is assessed through experience-sampling probes randomly presented throughout the task.

  Baseline (testing session 1) to week 5 (testing session 2)

• Change in Working Memory Performance

  Working Memory Performance as measured by the Working memory task with Affective Distracters. In this task, participants are presented with a memory array that they are to encode and hold in memory during a delay interval. During the delay, emotionally negative or neutral scene images are presented.

  Baseline (testing session 1) to week 5 (testing session 2)

Secondary Outcomes (10)

• Change in Cohesion

  Baseline (testing session 1) to week 5 (testing session 2)

• Change in Team Situation Monitoring

  Baseline (testing session 1) to week 5 (testing session 2)

• Change in Workgroup Emotional Intelligence

  Baseline (testing session 1) to week 5 (testing session 2)

• Change in Team Mindfulness

  Baseline (testing session 1) to week 5 (testing session 2)

• Change in Mindfulness

  Baseline (testing session 1) to week 5 (testing session 2)

Other Outcomes (2)

• Change in Accuracy on Cognitive and Marksmanship Drills

  Baseline (testing session 1) to week 5 (testing session 2)

• Change in Reaction Time on Cognitive and Marksmanship Drills

  Baseline (testing session 1) to week 5 (testing session 2)

Study Arms (3)

Mindfulness-Based Attention Training for Teams (MBAT-T)

EXPERIMENTAL

Teams randomized to this group will receive 4, 2-2.5-hour sessions delivered over 4 weeks of mindfulness training and 15 minutes of daily, out-of-class mindfulness exercises, that will be delivered and tracked using a measuring mindfulness application.

Behavioral: MBAT-T

Mindfulness-Based Attention Training for Individuals (MBAT-I)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Individuals randomized to this group will receive 4, 2-2.5-hour sessions delivered over 4 weeks of mindfulness training and 15 minutes of daily, out-of-class mindfulness exercises, that will be delivered and tracked using a measuring mindfulness application.

Behavioral: MBAT-I

No-training

NO INTERVENTION

Teams will not engage in any mindfulness training

Interventions

MBAT-T BEHAVIORAL

The MBAT-Team program builds on the basic 4-week, 8-hour MBAT-Soldier program. In addition to the basic program, MBAT-Team includes exercises promoting the cultivation of attention and emotion regulation in the service of effective team interactions (e.g., mindful communication and listening; monitoring and attention to the activities and emotional states of others, and additional practices to promote collective mindfulness).

Mindfulness-Based Attention Training for Teams (MBAT-T)

MBAT-I BEHAVIORAL

The MBAT-Individual program is based on the basic 4-week, 8-hour MBAT-Soldier curriculum.

Mindfulness-Based Attention Training for Individuals (MBAT-I)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Individuals who are between 18 and 65 years of age
• Individuals who are fluent English speakers
• Individuals who are active-duty service members
• Men and women of all races and ethnicities

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals who have a medical or neurological condition that might interfere with performance on the task in the study (e.g., epilepsy)
• Individuals with a history of hospitalization for psychological/mental health issues within the last 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Miami: lead
• United States Department of Defense: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Zanesco AP, Denkova E, Barry J, Jha AP. Mind wandering is associated with worsening attentional vigilance. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 2024 Nov;50(11):1049-1066. doi: 10.1037/xhp0001233. Epub 2024 Aug 22.

  PMID: 39172363 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Amishi P Jha, PhD

  University of Miami

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 20, 2019
• First Posted: December 24, 2019
• Study Start: May 10, 2021
• Primary Completion: April 7, 2022
• Study Completion: April 12, 2022
• Last Updated: September 1, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)